Other News Sources
IMPORTANT NOTE:
This purpose of this page is to provide objective information about a range of well-known news sources. You are encouraged to form your own conclusions about how reliable the news sources are. They are not personal recommendations.
This purpose of this page is to provide objective information about a range of well-known news sources. You are encouraged to form your own conclusions about how reliable the news sources are. They are not personal recommendations.
Definitions
- Bias: Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.
Sky News
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Parent Company: Sky Group Limited, a division of Comcast. Comcast Corporation is the largest American multinational telecommunications conglomerate. Comcast is the second-largest broadcasting and cable televsion company in the world by revenue (behind AT&T),
When it started: 1989
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Distribution: United Kingdom, Ireland and other international territories.
Potential Bias: There are opinions that Sky News may be inherently biased due to the fact that throughout the 1990s and 2000s it was minority owned and dominated by Rupert Murdoch' News Corporation, and thereafter the Murdoch family's 21st Century Fox. Many News Corp subsidiaries, including News Corp UK & Ireland Ltd, the owner of the Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers, have an openly conservative or right-wing outlook.
When it started: 1989
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Distribution: United Kingdom, Ireland and other international territories.
Potential Bias: There are opinions that Sky News may be inherently biased due to the fact that throughout the 1990s and 2000s it was minority owned and dominated by Rupert Murdoch' News Corporation, and thereafter the Murdoch family's 21st Century Fox. Many News Corp subsidiaries, including News Corp UK & Ireland Ltd, the owner of the Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers, have an openly conservative or right-wing outlook.
Fox News
Parent Company: Fox News Media, owned by Fox Corporation.
When it started: 1996
HQ: New York City, USA
Potential Bias: The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch to appeal to a conservative audience. Fox News Controversies have included biased reporting in favour of the Republican Party, its politicians, and conservative causes, while portraying the Demcratic Party in a negative light. Critics have argued that the channel is damaging to the integrity of news overall. Fox News has denied bias in its reporting. The channel's official position is that its reporting operates independently of its opinion journalism.
When it started: 1996
HQ: New York City, USA
Potential Bias: The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch to appeal to a conservative audience. Fox News Controversies have included biased reporting in favour of the Republican Party, its politicians, and conservative causes, while portraying the Demcratic Party in a negative light. Critics have argued that the channel is damaging to the integrity of news overall. Fox News has denied bias in its reporting. The channel's official position is that its reporting operates independently of its opinion journalism.